Undergarment



H. L. REDMOND.

UNDERGARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED H28. 2 1921.. I I 1,414,204. t ted pr- 25, 19221 3 HEETS-SHET S.

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H. L. REDMQND.

UNDERGARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED rm. 2, 192i.

Patented Apr. 25, 1922.

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Patented Apr. 25, 1922.

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' T all whom it may camera:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRIET LYONS REDMOND, 0E BQSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THIS WILLIAM CARTER COMPANY, OF NEEDHAM HEIGHTS, MASSACHUSETTS, A

CORPORATION or MASSACHUSETTS.

Be it known that I, HARRIET LYoNs RED- MoND, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State ofMassachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Undergarments, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like characters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to undergarments, and particularly to undergarments formed mainly of woven material but having inserted therein material that is more elastic in nature. Herein I have representedsuch I more elastic material as knitted material.

In order that the principle of the invention may be readily understood, Ihave disclosed a single embodiment thereof in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a union undergarment constructed in accordance with my invention Fig. 2 is a back or rear elevation of thegarment herein shown is particularly intended for use by women. Referring more particularly to that form of my invention shown in F 1. and 2-, the body of the garment is indicated at 1. It is desirably of woven material from top to bottom and thus is relatively inelastic or non-eXpansible eX- cept as hereinafter set forth. I have represented it as having an open front at 2 extending from the top to the crotch if'desired and a series of buttons 3 are provided. I

have represented it as provided with shoulder straps 4 and with a draw tape The legs'6 of the garment may be of any desired length, but are here represented as short.

In order to render the relatively inelastic garment suitably elastic or yielding to all movements of the. body, I insert in the garment at one or more places, suitable elastic members, which desirably are of knitted material. In the most approved type of my 1n- Specification of Letterslatent,

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Patented Apr. 25,

1 Application filed February 2, 1921. Serial No. 441,903.

threads are introduced, each thread being fed to a relatively small part only of the line or circle of needles,vwhereby all danger of unravelling is prevented. I11 tl1at form of my inventicn'shown in Fig. 1, the front of the garment is formed wholly of woven material, but the back is provided with three knitted inserts, shown respectively at 7, 8 and 9. The said inserts are as stated of knitted material, and preferably warp knitted material. The wales of the insert 7 extend transversely of the ment; that is, in the direction of the length of the inserted piece. The said insert 7 is secured by stitching at its upper andlower edges to the woven portion of the garment, and if desired a tape 10 may be transversely attached to the .woven portion of the garment immediately below the insert 7, it having protruding glove fastener means 11 for the attachment of a sanitary apron or member, as disclosed and claimed in a copcnding, application of mine, Serial No. niece. v

In this embodiment of my invention, I

provide the inserts 8, 9, which are here.

shown as of the entire length of the garment. The wales of the inserts 8, 9 extend longitudinally of the garment,-that is, longitudinally of the inserts 8, 9. At their edges, they are stitched to the woven body of the garment, excepting where they meet the knitted insert 7 where they are stitched to said insert. The inserts 8, 9 may be of the full length of the garment, or of some suitable part thereof.

In that form of my invention shown in 3, the knitted insert 1:2 extends entirely about the garment, that is, both front and baclnand the wales thereof extend transversely of the garment. The fact that the wales in the knitted inserts '7, 12 extend transversely of. the garment results in the great elasticity of the garment in a vertical direction, so that the garment readily yields when the wearerbend forward. The fact that the wales of the inserts 8, 9 extend ver tically of the garment renders the garment very elastic and yielding to side wise or twisting movement of the body.

In that form of my invention shown in.

Fig. 3, I preferably in addition to the en circling elastic insert 12 provide two vertical knitted inserts 13, let, which while they may be of any suitable extent and may extend from top to bottom of the garment, desirably extend from the top of the garment down to the knitted insert 12. This renders the upper part of the garment extremely yielding and elastic to all movement of th body.

In that form of my invention shown in Fig. I provide but a single insert, as indicated at 15. This is provided preferably at the back only of the garment and extends transversely thereof from side to side with the wales of 'the'insert also extending transversely of the garment. I have herein rep resented the insert 15 as tapered at its ends, and if desired there may be provided the tapes 16 with attachments 17 for receiving a sanitary member. It is clear from the foregoing description that the garment although constructed mainly of woven material is very elastic and yielding to all movement of the body.

The woven material may, of course, be of any suitable weight or thickness and may if desired be composed of so-called athletic material. The knitted inserts may also be of any suitable weight or thickness and may be either of plain knitted material or rib knitted material.

Although I have represented the insert or inserts as applied to a garment having means for attaching a sanitary apron thereto, it is to be understood that my invention may be embodied in a garment for men, and that the garment itself may be of any suitable type.

Having thus described one illustrative embodiment of my invention, I desire it to be understood that although specific terms are employed, they are used in a generic and descriptive sense and not for purposes of limitation, the scope of the invention being set forth in the following claims.

Claims:

1. A union undergarment composed mainly ofwoven material but having a knitted insert across the back at the waist portion, said garment having. immediately below said knitted insert exterior transversely extending means for detachably supporting a sanitary member.

A union undergarment composed mainly of woven material but having a knitted insert across the ba k at the waist portion, said garment having immediately below said knitted insert a transversely extending ex ternal reinforcement with provisions for detachably securing thereto a sanitary member.

3. An undergarment composed mainly of woven material but having a knitted insert across the back at the waist portion, the said garment having immediately below said knitted insert protruding provisions for cletachably supporting a sanitary member.

4:. A union undergarinent having a knitted insert across the back at substantially the wise the garment than the main or body por- HARRIET LYONS REDMOND.

70 waist portion, of greater elasticity length- I 3' 

